CIECS   20730
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES Y ESTUDIOS SOBRE CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Reclaiming critique in social sciences – or why ‘non-normative critique’ constitutes a contradiction in terms
Autor/es:
STARICCO, JUAN IGNACIO
Revista:
Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
Editorial:
Taylor & Francis
Referencias:
Año: 2019 p. 1 - 19
ISSN:
1600-910X
Resumen:
The growing popularity that postmodern positions have achieved in the social sciences since the 1970s has brought with it a transformation in the way in which critique is understood and exercised. This has resulted in a ?weak? form of critique that, seeking to avoid authoritarian or arbitrary impositions, rejects the evaluative and normative aspirations that had traditionally characterized critical social sciences. In this paper, one of its most sophisticated versions is examined: ?non-normative critique? (NNC). First, I reconstruct its proposal, presenting its most distinguishing features. Second, my main argument is offered: NNC is both impossible ? because it is based on irresolvable contradictions ? and undesirable ? because its relativism makes it unfit for emancipatory praxis. The paper finishes with the proposal of the key pillars over which a renewed form of normative critique could be constructed and justified.